The award will be presented to an early career scientist with a concept for creative interdisciplinary research. This could for example include exposure assessment methods using novel approaches and/or tools; innovative concepts for interpreting exposure data; or strengthening the aspects of exposure in risk assessment.

The research should be complementary to the Long-range Research Initiative’s (LRI) objectives, a chemical industry funded programme that aims at enhancing scientific knowledge to help protect health and the environment.

Selection Criteria

The award is intended for a European-based scientist with less than ten years post-doctoral experience. Active involvement in interdisciplinary research and access to appropriate networks will be considered in the selection.

The competition covers the broad field of exposure sciences directed at the impacts for humans, including but not limited to:

Evaluating exposures to mixtures (both from preparations and in multi-component environments)

Characterising the nature of exposures from combined exposures (chemical, biological or physical stressors)

Improved strategies for the interpretation of monitoring data

Exposure analysis of environmental contaminants

Determining the contribution of different exposure routes

Consumer exposures in indoor environments

Real life exposure scenarios

Indirect exposures to humans from environmental sources

Predictive exposure and computational exposure sciences

Priority will be given to research that seeks to integrate environmental and human exposure